ALL THE HILLS are directed to London for the Queen’s state funeral.
VIPs, dignitaries and mourners will gather in the capital to say goodbye to the late monarch, who died at Balmoral in Scotland on September 8 aged 96.
Timings
At 10.44am the Queen’s coffin will be taken to Westminster Abbey on a carriage.
The memorial service will begin at 11:00 a.m. and last about an hour.
The procession will then depart at 12.15pm for the Wellington Arch at Hyde Park Corner, arriving at 1pm.
The state hearse and the royal family will then travel to Windsor, where a farewell service will be held at 4pm in St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle.
A private funeral service will be held at 7:30 p.m.
6.11 am
Mourners who queued all night without wristbands vented their frustrations at police after being denied access to the Queen.
In the early hours of Monday, police prevented dozens of mourners from getting any closer to Westminster Hall at the entrance to Victoria Tower Gardens next to Lambeth Bridge.
Albert, who queued without a wristband at 10pm last night, was one of those denied entry to Westminster.
The queue for the queen to lie in state closes to the public after four long days.
He said the government’s official live feed had not been updated to say the wristbands would no longer be issued.
“The communication was terrible,” Albert said after standing in central London for more than six hours.
He added: “There were loads of people who entered the official queue on the website but never got their wristbands.”
“And in turn they didn’t give us any information – just to show us disrespect when we eventually got here (Lambeth Bridge).”
6.08 in the morning
Hundreds of people are still streaming out of Westminster Hall after seeing the Queen lying down.
They are among the last people to see the Queen’s coffin, which is expected to finish at 6.30am.
They waited for hours, and on Sundays the line closed after 10:30 p.m.
6.05 am
How to watch on TV
BBC Specials will air from 8am to 5pm on BBC One and iPlayer, with BSL signed coverage on BBC Two.
ITV’s programming will start at 9.30am and all the daytime programs – from 6am to midnight – will be simulcast on the main channel and five digital channels and the ITV Hub, the first time the broadcaster has done so.
6 in the morning
The Queen’s memorial service will be conducted by the Dean of Westminster and the sermon will be delivered by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
The Prime Minister and the Secretary General of the Commonwealth will read the lessons, while the Archbishop of York, the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster, the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland and the Moderator of the Free Churches will read the prayers.
Towards the end of the service, the Last Fast will be played, followed by two minutes’ silence in the abbey and across the UK.
